Bed-rail and lock



1. A. CHAARBONNETL.

BED RAIL AND LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 17, 1919.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

INVENTOR JOSEPH A. CHARBONNET, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

BED-RAIL AND LooK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Application filed October 17, 1919. Serial No. 331,362.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I. J osnrn A. CHARBON- win,a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parishof Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Bed-Rails and Locks, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention pertains to beds, and it contemplates the provisionof simple and effectual means whereby a bed rail may be quickly andeasily secured to the bed-post and its appurtenances by a person withoutassistance.

The invention also contemplates means such as set forth through which abed may be expeditiously and readily assembled and this in a strong anddurable manner and as quickly and readily taken down for shipment orstorage.

The invention further contemplates a bed rail that may be either used inconnection with bed slats or flat steel springs in which no slats areemployed, as the case may be.

lVith the foregoing in mind the invention in all its details will befully understood from the following description and claim when the sameare read in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming partof this specification, in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the rail and bed post, and showingthe lock, which I employ to attach said rail and bed post.-

Fig. 2, is a detail section taken longitudinally of the rail and post.

Fig. 3 is a section looking down on the devlce.

Fig. i, is a detail perspective of the bed rail and a portion of thelocking means.

Fig. 5 is a detail section of the alternate arrangement of theapplication of the bed rail when employed with a flat steel spring.

The post 1 of the bed is of the ordinary well known construction andadjacent its lower end said post is provided with the por tion 2 thatmay be formed integral with the post when occasion demands.

In its forward end the portion 2 is provided with a chamber formed bythe side walls 7 and 8. rear wall 9 and bottom wall 10. Secured to thebottom 10 by the screw 6 is the locking pin 5 of my device and asillustrated by Figs. 1 and 3 the said pin is diamond-shaped, but in thefuture practice of the device. the pin may be rounded or of any othershape without departure from the scope of my invention. Moreover thesaid pin may be formed integral with the bottom wall 10 of the chamberwhen desired.

My novel bed rail 3 is of L-shape form in cross-section and at its endsthe rail is provided with an integral head 4: through which an opening4: is provided that corresponds in shape and size with the pin 5 andwhich surrounds the pin 5 when the bed is assembled.

As clearly appears in Figs. 1 and 2, when it is desired to use the railin connection with bed slats. the L-shaped portion of the rail is placedupwardly; however, when it is desired to employ the rail in connectionwith a fiat steel spring, the L-shaped portion is arranged downwardly soas to present a fiat surface at its upper sic e to receive the spring.

In the practical use of the device when it is desired to assemble a bed,it is simply necessary to drop the opening f over the pin 5 when due tothe weight of the rail the head 4; will move downwardly in the chamberof the portion 2 until it is stopped by coming into contact with. thebottom wall 10 of said chamber.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that the device overcomes themany objections to the dove-tail construction of look at present in use,in view of the fact that a delicate person may assemble the bed whenequipped with my novel lock with the expenditure of but a small amountof effort and time. Moreover vermin may be quickly and effectuallyremoved from the chamber of the lock and when the bed is properlyassembled the same will be retained in a strong and rigid manner.

The device as a whole is inexpensive to produce and contains no delicateparts such as are liable to get out of order after a short period of useand embodies a device that ma terially enhances rather than detractsfrom the finished appearance of a bed.

' Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination of the cornerpost of a bed. a member secured to the post and having a chamber formedin its end remote from the post: said chamber open at its front, a pinarranged within the chamber and spaced equi-distant from its side wallsand also equidistant from the back wall and open end of said chamber;said pin rising to the o encircles the pin of the chamber when the sameheight as the side and back walls, a 1 my hand in presence of twosubscribing witrail of L-ShZLPG in cross section, anda head ncsses.formed integral 0n the end of the rail and JOSEPH. A. CHAR-BONNET. hWin""in 0 )eninp' in its direct centei" thit .1 r b 1 o Htnesses:

1 head is placed in said chamber; W M. KERN,

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set CARL A. CONRAD.

